 | Platforms |
Here is an overview of platforms supported by the DigitalRune Engine.
This topic contains the following sections:
OverviewThe DigitalRune Engine can be used on most platforms which support .NET or Mono.
At the moment there might be some limitations on the newer platforms. However, we are working hard to make the full set of features available on all platforms and to add new platforms. You can also contact us if you need builds for a different platform.
Windows (desktop) | Windows Store | Windows Phone | Universal Windows Platform (UWP) | Xbox 360*** | Linux | Mac OS X | Android | iOS | Portable Class Libraries (PCL) | Silverlight | Unity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mathematics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Geometry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Physics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Particles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Animation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Graphics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only stub DLL* | - | - |
Game | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Game UI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only stub DLL* | - | - |
.NET Version | .NET 4.0+ or Mono | .NET | .NET | .NET Core | .NET | Mono | Mono | Xamarin.Android** | Xamarin.iOS** | .NET 4.0+ or Mono | Silverlight 5 | Unity's Mono |
XNA or MonoGame | XNA and MonoGame | MonoGame | XNA (WP7), MonoGame (WP8.1) | MonoGame | XNA | MonoGame | MonoGame | MonoGame | MonoGame | MonoGame (stub*) | - | - |
* The library is available as a portable class library. Some features are only implemented in the native version of the library. The portable class library might throw a NotImplementedException when such a feature is used at runtime.
** Xamarin license required.
*** As of 2015-09-28: Xbox 360 version no longer actively developed ("maintenance mode").
LimitationsThe original versions of the DigitalRune Engine used XNA. The XNA builds are the most mature builds. Here are some important limitations on other platforms:
- [MonoGame] Effects (.fx files) do not yet support struct parameters, effect parameter semantics or annotations.
- [Windows Store] [Windows Phone] [Linux] [Mac] [Android] [iOS] Advanced graphics (XNA HiDef profile, deferred rendering, post-processing) are not yet implemented.
- [iOS] [Android] OpenGL/ES does not support wireframe rendering. Wireframe rendering is not available in the DigitalRune.Graphics.RenderingDebugRenderer.
- [iOS] [Android] Cannot read vertex buffers on CPU at runtime in OpenGL/ES. (This is used in some older samples to get mesh data.)
- [Windows Store] Keyboard Alt key is not supported (OS limitation).
We will try to remove these limitations in future releases.